Krush and Glory of Heroes Announce Star-Studded Krush.77 Fight Card

Krush, one of Japan’s top kickboxing promotions, and Glory of Heroes, one of China’s top kickboxing promotions, announced a star-studded lineup for the collaboration between the top promotions, Krush.77 (also known as Glory of Heroes: Japan), which takes place on July 16 from the Korakuen Hall, in Tokyo. The promotions announced six fights for the card that features the event’s theme of ‘Japan versus China’. Krush is a part of the K-1 group umbrella, which features Combat Press’ 2016 promotion of the year, the K-1 World GP in Japan, and upstart developmental promotion, KHAOS.

Top-five featherweight Qiu Jianliang travels to Japan for the first time when he takes on GLORY veteran Yukihiro Komiya. Jianliang has picked up wins against Ilias Bulaid, Jomthong Chuwattana, Mosab Amrani and Andrei Kulebin during a stretch of more than 20 wins and only one loss. His lone defeat came against Azize Hlali in a controversial decision at Wu Lin Feng vs. Fight League. Komiya, a former R.I.S.E. 70-kilogram tournament champion, lost to Jun Nakazawa by split decision in his recent bid for the Krush 65-kilogram title at Krush.75 in April.

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Zach Aittama became a fan of martial arts at an early age. Hooked on the sport after one experience, Zach started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai as a teenager. Watching the sport only increased his interest, building a fascination for combat sports around the globe. Years of training and amateur bouts later, Zach continues to train while working and attending school full-time. Zach started writing for Fight Sport Asia in 2014 and joined the Combat Press staff in July of 2015.